West End:- 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Lapwing, Grey Wagtail, 11 Little Egret, 78 Great Crested Grebe, 8 Grey Heron, 30 Cormorant, 8 Black-headed Gull, Common Tern, 8 Greylag Goose, Buzzard, 10 House Martin, Blue Tit, 2 Long-tailed Tit, Chiffchaff, Kingfisher, Nuthatch, Blackcap f , Great Tit.
Category: Sighting
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3rd August 2019 seen by Mark Roberts
West End:- 6 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Tern, 14 Cormorant, 1 Goldfinch, 71 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Great White Egret, 6 Grey Heron, 29 Greylag Goose, 4 Lapwing, 5 Little Egret, 6 Mallard, 1 Mandarin Duck, 4 Pied Wagtail. -
2nd August 2019 seen by Alastair Gray
Evening:- 12 Pied Wagtails, 9 Little Egrets, 14 Mandarins, 2 Green Sandpipers, 6 Common Sandpipers, 2 Kingfisher & 3 Lapwing.
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2nd August 2019 from The Ringers
Whillet’s Ringed:- 1 Reed Bunting juv, 1 Yellow Hammer, 2 Garden Warbler, 10 Goldfinch all juv, 1 Dunnock, 15 Whitethroat, 10 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 10 Reed Warbler, 2 Great Tit, 2 Blue Tit, 2 Wren, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler.
Other sightings:- Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, 2 Kingfisher, Reed Bunting, about 30 Goldfinch and Marsh Tit -
1st August 2019 seen by Richard Woods
West End:- Great White Egret still present in the morning. Also 4 Little Egrets, a Green Sandpiper and 2 Lapwings.
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31st July 2019 seen by Alastair Gray
West End:- 1 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper.
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30th July 2019 seen by Alastair Gray
West End (evening):- 1 juvenile Black Tern, 1 Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret, 1 Common Gull, 3 Green Sandpipers, 6 Common Sandpipers, 1 Lapwing, 1 Kingfisher, 9 Mandarin, 6 Pied Wagtails, 18 Common Terns.
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30th July 2019 seen by Mark Roberts
5 Black-headed Gull, 1 Blackcap, 4 Common Tern, 22 Cormorant, 35 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Great White Egret, 7 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 5 Mallard, 5 Sand Martin, 6 Swallow. -
29th July 2019 seen by Alastair Gray
Dam End:- 9 Common Sandpipers, 8 Little Egrets, 5 Egyptian Geese, 132 Black-headed Gulls, 1 Sedge Warbler, 10 Common Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff, 3 Green Woodpeckers.
Lagoon:- 2f Tufted Duck with 7 well grown young, Little Grebe with 2 well grown young, 1 Mandarin, 2 Moorhen.
West End:- 2 Green Sandpipers, 3 Common Sandpipers, 3 Lapwing, 6 Little Egrets.
Whillet’s:- 1 Bullfinch, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Mandarin, 1 Chalkhill Blue Butterfly(first for reserve). -
29th July 2019 seen by Bob Johnson
Butterfly transect at Whillet’s:- 1 Chalkhill Blue in first meadow (new for reserve), 1 Holly Blue, 2 Common Blue, 11 Meadow Brown, 5 Ringlet, 43 Gatekeeper, 2 Speckled Wood, 6 Green-veined White, 1 Large White, 1 Large Skipper, 25 Small Skipper, 3 Small Copper, 1 Silver-washed Fritillary briefly flew over the end glade, 3 Shaded Broad-bar moths
Dragonfly counts at Whillet’s:- many Azure damselfly, also 3 White-legged + 1 Blue-tailed + 3 Emerald Damselflies, 3 pairs of Common Darter dragonflies were ovipositing in meadow pond, 1 Emperor + 1 Brown Hawker + 2 Southern Hawker dragonflies.
Birds in Whillet’s:- 1 Kingfisher, 1 Buzzard, 1 Bullfinch, 2 Nuthatch heard, several Goldfinch.
West End:- 74 Great Crested Grebe, 14 Cormorant, 7 Greylag Geese, 15 Grey Heron, 5 Little Egret, 6 Mandarin, 11 Mallard, 2 Moorhen, 4 Lapwing, 3 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Black-headed Gull, 6 Common Tern, 1 Stock Dove. Also 2 Terrapins.